HEALTH

Researchers Discover Fake Yam Flour In Nigerian Markets

Daily Dispatch February 26, 2017

The Vice Chancellor of Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu, Prof. Christian Anieke, raised the alarm on Saturday that the institution had discovered adulterated yam flour products in the Nigerian market. Anieke, according to the News Agency of Nigeria,  stated this during the 4th Convocation of the

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Frozen Chicken Kills – FG Warns Nigerians

Daily Dispatch February 25, 2017

The Federal Government on Friday warned Nigerians against the consumption of frozen chicken. It stated that such processed chicken causes kidney and other diseases. Minister of State for Agriculture, Heineken Lokpobiri, told State House correspondents that the warning was given during a meeting with Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo held with the president of the Poultry

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Aminu Kano Hospital Conducts Another Cardiac Surgery

Daily Dispatch February 24, 2017

The Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) has conducted another successful cardiac pacemaker implantation surgery on an 87-yr old Alhaji Shehu Bashir Nababa. A statement signed by Alhaji Aminu Inuwa, a deputy director of information in the hospital, said the patient was received at the hospital’s Accident and Emergency Unit with third degree heart block (low heart rate less

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Ministry, NAFDAC To Investigate Importation Of Garri From India

Daily Dispatch February 22, 2017

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural development says it will liaise with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control to investigate the alleged importation of garri from India. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, who made this known on Wednesday in Abuja, said that it is “strange […]

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1.4 million Children May Die From Famine In Nigeria, Three Others – UNICEF

Daily Dispatch February 21, 2017

Almost 1.4 million children suffering from severe malnutrition could die this year from famine in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, the UN children’s agency said Monday. In Yemen, where war has been raging for nearly two years, 462,000 children are suffering from acute malnutrition while 450,000 children are severely malnourished in northeast Nigeria. Fews […]

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Health Workers Threaten To Embark On Indefinite Strike

Daily Dispatch February 17, 2017

Health workers under the aegis of the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals have threatened to embark on an indefinite strike on February 27 over the deplorable state of the health system. The workers said this at a rally held on Thursday in Lagos where they decried the current state of the health sector. They […]